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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.